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Breathalayzer Manufacturer Thumbs Nose at Courts

By Lawrence Taylor

Last week I mentioned how manufacturers across the country were refusing to turn over the critical software code in their breath-testing machines.  See What Are Breathalyzer Manufacturers Hiding?  Just how far are they willing to go to keep us from looking inside these secret black boxes that determine guilt or innocence?  A follow-up story in today’s news: Thousands of Tucson-Area DUI Cases May Get the Boot Intoxilyzer 8000 May Be Ruled Unreliable Tucson, AZ.  Nov. 9  – A dozen years ago, 3,000 drunken-driving prosecutions in Tucson were dismissed in one day – about 5,000 cases within a few months – because the breath-test device that said the drivers were drunk was deemed unreliable...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on November 10, 2008 (boomark / email).